Insights and Stories on China

China faces long struggle to tackle African swine fever, OIE says

May. 30, 2019 at 10:14 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — It will take years for China to contain the deadly African swine fever virus that has spread throughout the country, which is the world’s biggest pork producer, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Tuesday. China has been struggling to control the epidemic, which […]

Pence, Trudeau to discuss Huawei, China trade issues in Ottawa

May. 29, 2019 at 6:44 pm CDT

By Roberta Rampton

U.S. livestock: Hog futures fall with demand uncertain due to trade fights

May. 28, 2019 at 5:10 pm CDT

By Mark Weinraub

Timing not yet set on expanded advance payments for canola

May. 24, 2019 at 8:32 pm CDT

By Marlo Glass – MarketsFarm

U.S. livestock: Hogs limit down on continued export uncertainty

May. 24, 2019 at 6:28 pm CDT

By Karl Plume

USDA announces more farm aid to offset trade war losses

May. 23, 2019 at 9:32 pm CDT

Washington | Reuters –– The Trump administration on Thursday unveiled a US$16 billion farm aid package to offset losses from a 10-month trade war with China and said payment rates to farmers would be determined by where they farm rather than what crops they grow. The package, the bulk of […]

By Humeyra Pamuk

U.S. grains: Soybeans rebound in technical bounce, trade aid details awaited

May. 22, 2019 at 6:12 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — U.S. soybean futures rebounded on Wednesday in a technical correction from the prior session’s drop as the market awaited details of a Trump administration farm aid package that could encourage farmers to plant more soybeans. Corn ended firm, although spillover support from higher soy and worries […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. livestock: Lean hog futures erode on China trade tensions

May. 22, 2019 at 6:05 pm CDT

Chicago | Reuters — Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) lean hog futures drifted lower on Wednesday and touched a one-week low as the market was pressured by concerns that the U.S.-China trade war is far from resolution. Traders did not expect any significant Chinese buying of U.S. pork in weekly export […]

By Karl Plume

U.S. to favour soybeans in trade war aid for farmers

May. 21, 2019 at 6:23 pm CDT

Washington/Chicago | Reuters — The Trump administration is considering direct payments to U.S. farmers of $2 per bushel for soybeans as part of an aid package to offset the trade war with China, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday, an offer that could encourage more soy planting despite record supplies. China is […]

By Humeyra Pamuk Tom Polansek

U.S. garlic growers profit from trade war as most farmers struggle

May. 21, 2019 at 6:14 pm CDT

Gilroy, California | Reuters — Unlike millions of other U.S. farmers, garlic growers are profiting from the trade war with China and have cheered President Donald Trump’s latest economic attack accordingly. Sales of California-grown garlic are now increasing after decades of losing ground to cheaper Chinese imports. Sales are poised […]

By Lucy Nicholson Richa Naidu